Richmond Township was formed in 1824 after splitting from Covington Township. Many surrounding townships were originally a part of Covington Township. Historical information can be found in the County Atlas of Tioga County Pennsylvania 1875 by John L. Sexton, Jr. and it is worth a search on the web to find out more about our community.

2010 Census reports Richmond's population at 2396 people.

Richmond Township is made up of 50.8 square miles and totally surrounds the Borough of Mansfield. Our road system includes about60 miles of roads, most of them being dirt roads.

Three supervisors make up the Richmond Township Board. They are: Chairman Charles Neal, Supervisor Tricia Hall and Supervisor Gary Fish.

Meetings are held monthly:

Richmond Township Supervisors: meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM - (if the Tuesday falls on a holiday, the meeting will be the following day). January's Organizational Meeting is held the first Monday of the year (unless this is the New Years Day Holiday- then the meetings would be on the first Tuesday of the year).

Richmond Township Planning Commission: meets the last Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM, except no meeting in December. The board is comprised of nine members.